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The Wedding Ceremony
of
BRIDE & GROOM

Church Name,

Address

Ceremony Date
Signing of the Register Bride Bride’s Name

INSERT MUSIC
Groom Groom’s Name

Recessional
Celebrant Celebrant’s Name
INSERT MUSIC

Bridesmaids Bridesmaid 1

Bridesmaid 2

Bridesmaid 3

Bridesmaid 4

Best Man Best Man’s Name

Groomsmen Groomsman 1

Groomsman 2

Groomsman 3

Offertory Procession Mother of the Bride

Mother of the Groom

Music Musician/Singer
Entrance Procession Concluding Rite
INSERT MUSIC
Celebrant: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Lighting of the Candles
Celebrant: May God, the almighty Father, grant you his joy: may he bless you
Bride and Groom light two candles at the altar representing their presence here in your children.
today as two single individuals.
All: Amen.

Introductory Rite Celebrant: May Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in his mercy help you in good
times and in bad.
Celebrant: The Lord be with you.
All: Amen.
All: And with your spirit.

Celebrant: May the Holy Spirit of God always fill you with his love.

Entrance Antiphon All: Amen.

At daw, O Lord, fill us with your merciful love, and we shall exult and
rejoice all our days. Let the favour of the Lord our God be upon us and
Celebrant: The mass is ended go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
upon the work of our hands.
All: Thanks be to God.
Celebrant: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: Penitential Rite
have mercy on us
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world:
have mercy on us
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: Celebrant: As we offer this Nuptial Mass for Bride & Groom, let all who are
grant us peace here today renew our love, loyalty and fidelity to God and to one
another. Let us prepare ourselves for these celebrations by calling
to mind our sins.
Celebrant: This is the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
Happy are those who are called to his supper.
All: I confess to almighty God, and to you, my brothers
All: Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my
word and I shall be healed. thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and
in what I have failed to do, through my fault,
Communion through my fault, through my most grievous fault;
therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the
INSERT MUSIC Angels and Saints and you, my brothers and sisters,
to pray for me to the Lord our God.

Celebrant: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring
us to everlasting life.

All: Amen.
Prayer after Communion
Celebrant: Lord, have mercy.
Celebrant: Lord, we have shared the food of your table, pray for our friends
Bride and Groom, whom you have joined together in marriage. All: Lord, have mercy.
Keep them close to you always. May their love for each other
proclaim to all the world their faith in you. We ask this through Celebrant: Christ, have mercy.
Christ our Lord.
All: Christ, have mercy.
All: Amen.
Celebrant: Lord, have mercy.

All: Lord, have mercy.
The Gloria
All: Glory to God in the highest, Opening Prayer
and on earth peace to people of good will.
Celebrant: O God, who consecrated the bond of Marriage by so great a
We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, mystery that in the wedding covenant you foreshadow the
we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great Sacrament of Christ and his Church, grant, we pray, to these
glory, your servants, that what they receive in faith they may live
Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. out in deeds.

Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,
away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; forever and ever.
You take away the sins of the world, receive our
prayer; All: Amen.
you are seated at the right hand of the Father: have
mercy on us.

For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the
Lord,
you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father.

Amen.
Nuptial Blessing always live in mutual love and peace. Remember our brothers and
sisters who have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again;
bring them and all the departed into the light of your presence.
Celebrant: Let us ask God to bless Bride and Groom, now married in Christ Have mercy on us all; make us worthy to share eternal life with
and unite them in his love. God, our Father, creator of the Mary, the virgin mother of God, with the apostles, and with all the
universe, you saints who have done your will throughout the ages. May we praise
made man and woman in your own likeness, and blessed their you in union with them, and give you glory through your Son,
union. Jesus Christ.
We humbly pray to you for Bride and Groom, today united in the
sacrament of marriage. May your blessing come upon them.
Celebrant: Through him, with him, in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all
May they find happiness in their love for each other, and enrich
glory and honour is yours, almighty Father, forever and ever.
the life of the Church. May they praise you in their days of
happiness and turn to you in times of sorrow. May they know the
All: Amen.
joy of your help in their work and the strength of your presence in
their need.
May they worship you with the Church and be your witnesses in
the world. May old age come to them in the company of their
friends, and may they reach at last the kingdom of heaven. Communion Rite
We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Celebrant: Let us join in song with confidence to the Father in the words our
All: Amen.
Saviour gave us:

Rite of Peace Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Celebrant: Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles: Thy kingdom come,
I leave you peace, my peace I give you. Thy will be done,
Look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, On earth as it is in heaven.
and grant us the peace and unity of your kingdom Give us this day our daily bread,
where you live forever and ever. And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
All: Amen And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
Celebrant: The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you always.
Amen.
All: And also with you

Celebrant: Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

INSERT MUSIC
Liturgy of the Word
Gospel Acclamation
First Reading
Alleluia
INSERT FIRST READING
INSERT ALLELUIA (Can be sung)

Celebrant: The Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.

Celebrant: A reading from the holy Gospel according to John.
All: Glory to you, Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.
INSERT GOSPEL

Responsorial Psalm
INSERT RESPONSORIAL PSALM(Can be sung)

Second Reading
INSERT SECOND READING
All: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.

All: Thanks be to God
All: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, Liturgy of the Eucharist
heaven and earth are full of your glory
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, Offertory Procession
Hosanna in the highest.
INSERT MUSIC
Celebrant: Lord, you are holy indeed, the fountain of all holiness. Let your
Spirit come upon these gifts to make them holy, so that they may Prayer over the Gifts
become for us the body and blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

Celebrant: Lord, accept our offering for this newly married couple. In your
Before he was given up to death, a death he freely accepted, he
fatherly love watch over and protect Bride and Groom, whom you
took bread, and gave you thanks. He broke the bread, gave it to his
have united in marriage. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
disciples, and said: Take this all of you, and eat it: This is my body
which will be given up for you.
All: Amen
When supper was ended, he took the cup. Again he gave you
thanks and praise, gave the cup to his disciples, and said: Celebrant: The Lord be with you.
Take this, all of you, and drink from it: this is the cup of my blood,
the blood of the new and everlasting covenant. All: And also with you.
It will be shed for you and for all so that sins may be forgiven.
Do this in memory of me. Celebrant: Let if lift up our hearts.

Celebrant: Let us proclaim the mystery of faith. All: We raise them up to the Lord.

INSERT MYSTERY OF FAITH Celebrant: Let us give thanks and praise.

Celebrant: In memory of his death and resurrection, we offer you, Father, this All: It is right to give Him thanks and praise.
life-giving bread, this saving cup. We thank you for counting us
worthy to stand in your presence and serve you. May all of us who Celebrant: Father, all-powerful and ever-living God, we do well always and
share in the body and blood of Christ be brought together in unity everywhere to give you thanks. You created man in love to share your divine life.
by the Holy Spirit. We see his high destiny in the love of husband and wife, which bears the imprint of
your own divine love.
Lord, remember your Church throughout the world; make us grow Love is man’s origin, love is his constant calling, love is his fulfilment in heaven.
in love, together with our Benedict our Pope, INSERT BISHOP’S The love of man and woman is made holy in the sacrament of marriage, and
NAME our bishop, and all clergy. Remember also, Lord, Bride & becomes the mirror of your everlasting love. Through Christ the choirs of angels
Groom, whom you have brought to their wedding day, that, by and all the saints praise and worship your glory. May our voices blend with theirs
your grace, may they as we join in their unending hymn:
Rite of Marriage Celebrant: What God joins together man must not separate. May the Lord
confirm the consent that you have given and enrich you with his
blessings.
Celebrant: Dear children of God, you have come to this church so that the
Lord may seal your love in the presence of the priest and this
community. Christian marriage is a sacred union which enriches
natural love. It binds those who enter it to be faithful to each other Blessing of the Rings
for ever; it creates between them a bond that endures for life and
cannot be broken; it demands that they love and honour each Celebrant: Lord, bless Bride and Groom, and consecrate their married
other, that they accept from God the children He may give them, life.
and bring them up in his love. May these rings be a symbol of their faith in each other, and
a reminder of their love.
To help them in their marriage the husband and wife receive
Through Christ, our Lord.
the life-long grace of the sacrament.
All: Amen
Is this your understanding of marriage?

Bride & Groom: It is.
Exchange of Rings
Groom: Bride, wear this ring as a sign of our faithful love. In the name of
Declaration of Consent the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Bride: Groom, wear this ring as a sign of our faithful love. In the name
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Celebrant: I invite you then to declare before God and his Church your
consent to become husband and wife.

Groom: I, Groom, take you, Bride, as my wife,
for better, for worse,
for richer, for poorer, Lighting of the Marriage Candle
in sickness and in health,
all the days of our life. Bride and Groom light the centre candle symbolising their unity in
Marriage.
Bride: I, Bride, take you, Groom, as my husband,
for better, for worse,
for richer, for poorer,
in sickness and in health,
all the days of our life.
Prayer of the Newly Married Couple (optional) For friends and family, who could not be here with us today. May we
always know that while our loved ones are not always by our side, they are
always in our hearts and minds, and us in theirs.
Bride & Groom: We thank you, Lord, and we praise you for Lord hear us.
bringing us to this happy day. You have given us to each other. All: Lord graciously hear us.
Now, together, we give ourselves to you. We ask you, Lord: make us
one in our love; keep us one in your peace. Protect our marriage. We pray for the private intentions of all who are gathered here this
afternoon. May the Lord in His patience and understanding bring joy and
Bless our home. Make us gentle. Keep us faithful. And when life is
comfort.
over unite us again where parting is no more in the kingdom of
Lord hear us.
your love. There we will praise you in the happiness and peace of
All: Lord graciously hear us.
our eternal home.
All: Amen.
For our community and our families, who welcome Christ into their
lives; that they learn to receive him in the poor and suffering people
Prayers of the Faithful (choice of prayers) of this world.
Lord hear us.
For Bride and Groom, that their lives together will be filled with joy and All: Lord graciously hear us.
love. That they may always be loyal and true friends to each other. That
together they will be able to cope with the challenges of life. May their new For married couples everywhere that their lives will be an example
home be one of happiness and love, and bless them on their journey to the world of unity, fidelity and love.
through life. Lord hear us.
Lord hear us. All: Lord graciously hear us.
All: Lord graciously hear us.
For those who mourn while we are rejoicing, that in their suffering
For the parents, families and friends of Bride and Groom, and all who and loneliness they may experience the strength of God's support.
have helped them to become husband and wife. May they continue to help,
Lord hear us.
support, and love them in the years that lie ahead.
All: Lord graciously hear us.
Lord hear us.
All: Lord graciously hear us.
For the faithful departed and especially for those whom we,
For our friends and relatives who have departed this life, especially ourselves, have loved, that God will one day unite us again in the
INSERT NAME. For those who mourn, may God give them strength and joys of our eternal home.
support. Lord hear us.
Lord hear us. All: Lord graciously hear us.
All: Lord graciously hear us.